Miller dowel review. The dowel is inserted and tapped until flush or fully seated in the hole. 0 comment report abuse rodney r. The miller dowel 1x is designed for joining wood up to 1 18 thick. The miller dowel 2x kit is designed for joining wood up to 1 58 thick.
50 out of 5 stars great dowel system. On a couple of my tanged chisels i needed to drill a pilot hole below what the md drill bit could in order to prevent the upper end from being enlarged too much. Today we build the dowels and bits to fill the holes from our headquarters near chicago illinois. Click images to enlarge miller dowels are available in three sizes.
Installing miller dowels is as easy as top drilling next applying glue next tapping the dowel until seated and then bottom sanding smooth. Its easy to use the stepped bit and stepped dowels youll find with miller dowel company. The brainstorm behind this idea was twofold. 1x handles woods up to 1 18 thick 2x works with up to 1 58 thick wood and the mini x size is for the popular thick 34 max used in small projects and drawers.
It was easy to use and added a nice look to the toy chest when completed. Based in chicago illinois weve made it easier to join wood and create beautiful functional and lasting wooden works of artheres how you can use our parts. The tapered hole produced by the appropriate miller dowel drill bit for the size of tang produces a great fit to drive the the chisel infor good. Miller dowel company got its start back in 2002 when we patented a design for wooden dowels that combines the advantages of natural joinery with the ease of nails or screws.
Leave the dowels exposed to impress your friends. Glue is applied to the rib section. The remaining portion can trimmed off or sanded until smooth. Trick to make a bench with just dowels.
I use the miller dowels mini x joinery for a small toy chest i built for the grandkids. The miller dowel 2x joinery kit includes 50 birch dowels and a trufit 38 reduced shank drill bit made of industrial strength high speed steel. Stepped dowels bits.